What came first: the Mel Brooks movie or the cliché? The classic Hollywood Sci-Fi spaceship always gets gratuitous screentime from every camera angle. Mel Brooks’s Hollywood spaceship appears in a continuous one minute and 40 second scene detailing its ridiculous length. Learn more about the art of the Brooks trope (or, making the cliché absurd) from American Masters | PBS http://to.pbs.org/13daKNu
Career Advice to My Daughter on Graduation Day -- Next Avenue’s Work & Volunteering blogger, Nancy Collamer, offers career advice for the new crop of college graduates: http://to.pbs.org/16vI2LB
Verdi’s classic Rigoletto…in Las Vegas? Spring Awakening director Michael Mayer makes his Metropolitan Opera debut in this adaptation, airing on GREAT PERFORMANCES l PBS tonight at 9/8c. Watch the Act 1 duet online at http://to.pbs.org/13BhrsG
Mel Brooks never met a stereotype he couldn’t upend. The classic Hollywood cowboy is always white. Mel Brooks’s Hollywood cowboy is black. And his Indian chief speaks Yiddish. Learn more about the art of the Brooks stereotype (and turning it on its head) from American Masters | PBS http://to.pbs.org/13davBX
“Mel Brooks: Make a Noise” premieres Monday, May 20th at 9/8c on PBS
Forty years ago, in the summer of 1973, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer led public broadcasting's gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings -- co-anchoring all 250 hours of the proceedings, and launching the beginnings of what the PBS NewsHour is today.
We just reached 100 submissions for the This Land Is Your Land Project! That's 100 covers for 100 years of Woody Guthrie! See the 100th cover from American Masters | PBS at http://to.pbs.org/11TjmWB. You still have until June 15th to submit your cover!
Do you know a "slacktivist"? That's someone who "likes" causes and posts political stories without taking action. You're not alone: a Pew study found that 17% of politically active people on social media never take other political action online or off : http://to.pbs.org/13vE3uL
Can you name these civil rights pioneers? See if you can name all three. Visit PBS Black Culture Connection to learn more about them and many more at http://to.pbs.org/106veqv
Get the inside scoop on your favorite programs coming to PBS and PBS KIDS, straight from the PBS Annual Meeting. Check out tweets, photos and more about these sneak peeks, right here:
PBS's Annual Meeting convened in Miami in May 2013. The meeting brings together people from local PBS stations around the country, producers and others to talk about upcoming PBS and PBS KIDS programming of all types. Here are some highlights from Day Two of the PBS A
A herd of zebra file to drink from the Boteti River in Botswana’s arid Makgadikgadi Pans, where these striped nomads walk more than 2,500 miles a year to feed themselves. Be sure to watch Nature | PBS - The Great Zebra Exodus tonight at 8/7c: http://to.pbs.org/13xiwBP
From PBS Food: If you are having chicken for dinner, it doesn't have to be boring! Inject your chicken with a honey soy flavor topped with sweet chili glaze: http://to.pbs.org/13Tolsz
Ken Burns talking about his new projects, a new character on Sesame Street, independent film, science, nature, history, an announcement about Downton Abbey and much more were the focus of the PBS Annual Meeting yesterday See photos, tweets and reactions from the meeting's first day here. What looks good to you?
PBS's Annual Meeting convened in Miami in May 2013. The meeting brings together people from local PBS stations around the country, producers and others to talk about upcoming PBS and PBS KIDS programming of all types. Here are some highlights from Day One of the PBS Annual Meeting.
Angelina Jolie announced today that she'd undergone a preventive double mastectomy. "I carry a 'faulty' gene, BRCA1, which sharply increases my risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer," she wrote. "My doctors estimated that I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer."
But many women can’t afford genetic tests that would tell them if they’re at risk. Gene patents may be part of the reason why. Read this excellent NOVA Next piece to learn more: http://to.pbs.org/1389hu8
Do you know how much information about you is available online? Learn more about privacy and the Constitution by tuning in to Constitution USA with Peter Sagal tonight at 9/8c on PBS.
Today MASTERPIECE | PBS (Masterpiece Theatre) announced the premiere of Downton Abbey Season 4 -- Jan. 5, 2014. In this video, cast members offer their thoughts on what might be ahead for their characters in the new season.
What might be ahead for some of your favorite Downton Abbey characters in Season 4? The cast offer their surprising thoughts and insights in this exclusive M...
A new "Blank on Blank" archival interview from PBS Digital Studios. In this newly animated interview from 1992, Wilt Chamberlain talks about both the benefits and hassles of being a (very) tall person.
"I think a lot of ladies found me so attractive because I was different." - Wilt Chamberlain Original interview aired in 1992 on "Sports Innerview with Ann L...
It's not just yelling "fire" in a crowded theater. There are other types of speech that are not protected by the First Amendment. Tonight at 9/8c catch Constitution USA with Peter Sagal on PBS to learn more.
Why do cats dominate the Internet -- and not dogs? PBS MediaShift's Terri Thornton traces the dominance of cats from the Ancient Egyptians to Grumpy Cat. Do you hate or love cat videos? http://to.pbs.org/17kM0pH